World view can help all, Xi explains

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World view can help all, Xi explains

By AN BAIJIE | China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-01 06:17

President
Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with participants of the Imperial
Springs International Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
on Thursday. The participants are mainly incumbent and former top
foreign leaders and heads of international groups. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA
DAILY

Growing market in China to spur trade, investment

China will stick to its basic national policy of opening-up and
participate in global governance with a more positive gesture, President
Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

Xi made the remarks while meeting with representatives of the
Imperial Springs International Forum at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing. The representatives are mainly incumbent and former top leaders
of foreign countries and international organizations.

The Chinese market will become larger with more comprehensive
development, Xi said, adding that China is going to import $24 trillion
worth of commodities and attract $2 trillion in investment during the
next 15 years.

China will hold the first expo on international imported products in
Shanghai next year as a measure of encouraging imports, Xi said, adding
that China does not seek a surplus.

Noting that China's proposal of building a community of shared future
for mankind is expected to unite people around the world, Xi said that
China's long-term peace and prosperity is a great contribution to
building such a community.

China's development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics is
selected by history and the people, Xi said, adding that the 1.3
billion Chinese people's livelihoods have been continuously improved in
recent decades.

China encourages other countries to explore ways that suit their own
national situation, Xi said. China would like to exchange experiences of
state governance with other countries, he added.

The goal of the Communist Party of China is great and also simple: to help the Chinese people lead a happy life, he said.

The president pledged to deepen reforms, seek a higher quality of economic growth and protect the environment.

China will never seek hegemony, and cooperation on Belt and Road Initiative will not impose additional conditions, he said.

Petre Roman, former prime minister of Romania, who attended the
meeting, told China Daily that China has been pursuing "the industries
of the future" in such areas as renewable energy and industrial robots
amid the country's efforts to seek a higher quality of growth.

"China today is what they call a ‘green superpower'," said Roman, who
also is a professor at the University Politehnica Bucharest.

In 2016, the overall investment in renewable energy in China was $103
billion, which is more than the $49 billion of the European Union and
the $43 billion of the United States, he said, adding that the number of
industrial robots made in China and working in China last year was
87,000 units, compared with No 2 South Korea's 47,000 units and No 3 US'
40,000 units.

"From all these figures, you can see that China has succeeded in not
only infrastructure and housing, it's also very important in the new
modern industries," he said.

Felipe Calderon, the former Mexican president, said that China is
taking the leading position in several areas of global affairs,
including reducing poverty, fighting climate change and boosting free
trade, which needs strong leadership.

"At the global level, addressing these issues - alleviating poverty,
fighting climate change, and promoting free trade - is important to set
the right direction, which is relevant for all of us," he said.

Cassam Uteem, GCSK, former president of Mauritius, said that Xi has
become "one of the greatest leaders" not only for China, but also for
the whole world.

"We are looking up to him," he said, while expressing hopes that the
China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative could bring more opportunities
for Africa.

The Imperial Springs International Forum was officially established
in 2015 with the approval of the Chinese government. The forum, held in
the Imperial Springs International Convention Center in Conghua,
Guangzhou, serves as an important platform for people-to-people
diplomacy and international exchange.

Co-hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with
Foreign Countries and the Australia China Friendship and Ex¬change
Association, the forum aims to enhance understanding and expand
consensus among parties through discussions on important topics in the
economy, politics and culture, thereby facilitating regional and global
cooperation.